PacFIN 23-MAY-97 14:41 Pacific Council Groundfish Best Estimate Report Best Estimates* of 1997 Cumulative Shoreside Landed Catch (Metric Tons) 1997 1996 TOTALS Wash Ore Calif Total HG THRU MAY THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 285 1466 626 2377 2111 6072 Dover sole 471 2000 2105 4576 5250 12128 Pacific Whiting _ 8 2636 2644 8209 85127 Lingcod 78 186 110 374 467 1554 Longspine THDS 101 793 1061 1955 1835 4816 Shortspine THDS 53 247 280 580 599 1504 V&C Sebastes 220 806 _ 1026 3389 7783 V&C Yellowtail 94 210 _ 304 2261 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 46 161 _ 207 352 872 Van & Col POP 54 126 _ 180 317 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 81 19 _ 100 167 598 Columbia Dover 109 1348 _ 1457 1399 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 86 100 _ 186 1387 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 138 21 159 834 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 126 722 588 1436 1442 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 45 43 326 414 354 3946 C&E&M Thornyheads 14 789 571 1374 1906 4934 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 110 110 221 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 127 1949 2076 2457 6339 *Estimates Thru 17MAY 17MAY 17MAY HARD DATA THRU 3/97 4/97 2/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 19-MAY-97. HG = Harvest Guideline The HG for Lingcod and Bocaccio includes a significant recreational component. The HG for Pacific Whiting is the total U.S. coastwide allocation. The nontrawl (NTW) sablefish catch displayed on this report includes catches for both the limited entry and open access fisheries. The nontrawl limited entry sablefish harvest guideline is 2754 metric tons and the open access sablefish harvest guideline is 463 metric tons. Starting in 1995 this non- trawl sablefish catch statistic no longer includes treaty Indian catch. V&C = Van&Col = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia INPFC areas combined V&C&E&M = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia & Eureka & Monterey INPFC areas combined V&NC = U.S. Vancouver & No. Columbia (No. of Cape Lookout) areas combined E&SC = Eureka & So. Columbia (So. of Cape Lookout) areas combined E&M&C = Eureka & Monterey & Conception INPFC areas combined SBTS+URCK = Sebastes Complex plus Unspecified Rockfish. Due to the large amount of rockfish catch classified as unspecified rockfish (primarily in the Monterey and Conception areas) SBTS+URCK is the best estimate of catch for Sebastes Complex for the E&M&C area.